CONTRACT TO PERM- Senior Manager, Product Management

CONTRACT TO PERM- Senior Manager, Product Management - Structured Notes and Global Equity Derivatives - 38736Location Address: Hybrid - Toronto - 3 days per week - subject to change/increaseContract Duration: 6 months (MUST CONVERT TO PERM)Schedule Hours: 9am-5pm Monday-Friday; standard 37.5 hrs/weekTitle: Senior Manager, Product Management (Structured Notes - Global Equity Derivative)Story Behind the NeedBusiness group: GBME - covering Options business, Delta 1 business and structured notes businessProject: The Senior Manager, Product Management will be responsible for implementation of products for GBM trading with a focus on Global Equity Derivative - Structured Notes business that will address the need of our business globally and further the modernization mandate.Supporting Trading application (Peak) used by the front office team - users are spread across Canada and US and some in Mexico - plan to expand into Europe in 2026Resource - 2 components: RFQ - building request for quote by integrating with different external venues; 2nd - in built application called Icarus - phase to decommission it and integrate into Peak platformTypical Day in Role:Responsible for managing a deliverable and solutioning of products to help grow the structured notes businessCollaborate with the cross-functional teams including engineering & development, business lines and other technology and product teams to build the right products with high quality, on time and within budget.Continuously perform customer need analysis and understand business pain points. Identify the biggest problems to solve to build & own the roadmap.Effectively communicate and continuously engage & cultivate relationships with key stakeholders in front to back office and in technology, and partner with them to help drive the strategy of the department.Prioritize, negotiate, and remove obstacles to ensure quality product launches.Not a people manager though they are expected to mentor and come out with roadmap and can execute towards the roadmapCandidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:1) 8+ years of financial technology experience, with strong solutioning, architecture/technical background2) 5+ years’ experience with capital markets trading and products with a focus on trade capture, with understanding of the end-to-end trade life cycle3) 5+ years’ experience in building solutions, developing trading application products and have successfully achieved it through a sound execution strategy, managing sprint planning, backlog grooming, and aligning deliverables with business priorities.4) Experience with SQL5) 6+ years hands on experience with the software development lifecycle, leading technical specification discussions with developers as well as SIT/UAT testing effortsNice-To-Have Skills:1) Experience with front office trading desk and sales2) Experience with / good understanding of derivative product pricing3) Familiar with derivative products such as: Options, Total Return Swaps, Equity Linked Structured notes issuance workflows and documentation processes is a strong asset.4) Experience with API Testing using tools such as Postman5) Experience with development: Python, Web Based UX, VBA, Low code no code frameworkEducation:Bachelor’s in technical field preferredCFA/FRM nice to haveBest VS. Average Candidate:• With Curious and Engineering mindset to drive innovation amidst uncertainty• Quickly adapt and learn - hit the ground running• Experience in programming/development would be an asset to be able to translate technical terms; exposure to low code no code• Able to execute roadmap with minimal hand holding• Experience with front office trading desk and sales• Previous titles: senior product manager, BSA• Feedback from previous hires: Candidates from market risk area on business side or P&L analyst on business side in equity derivatives space and moved on to become a rapid developer on the desk side in financial engineering group (app development for trading desk) and become a BA or PM in technology• Proven ability to translate business requirements into technical specifications and deliver working results.• Experience gathering requirements and delivering trading applications.Challenges with previous candidates: product knowledgeCandidate Review & Selection2 -3 rounds - mix of video and in person1st - panel interview with 2-3 team members - about product knowledge, technical programming knowledge assessment, interpersonal skillset - 45 minutes2nd - with HM and front office stakeholder - 30-45 minutes - in person at 44 King or 40 Temperance3rd potential to decide between 2 candidates Apply